Electionland sleuths on the hunt for U.S. voting irregularities, intimidation

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/electionland-propublica-google-voting-project-1.3839424

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Here's how: Graduate students from across the country have been enlisted to scrape Twitter, Facebook, virtually every social media outlet they can find that may reference voting problems. That means looking for hoaxes like the one a few days ago telling people they can vote by text (they can't), or voting precincts insisting on ID when that state or county technically doesn't require it.

They will hunt for complaints, for example, of excessively long lines, or intimidation or signs of people being turned away in unusual numbers, poll workers giving out incorrect information, people hassling voters inside or in front of polling stations.

Electionland has some company in this hunt for voting snags and voter suppression.

The crowdsourced crisis map Ushahidi will be a platform for Americans to report back to about any problems. The platform has been used in disasters and wars, and political clashes, and interestingly has its roots in a sketchy and ultimately violent election.


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